Trump and Vance Loudly Rebuke Zelensky in Oval Office

President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a remarkably fractious White House meeting, accusing the leader of the besieged country of not being grateful enough for U.S. support, the New York Times reports.

With voices raised, Vance told Zelensky that it was “disrespectful” for him to come to the Oval Office and make his case in front of the news media, while Trump told the Ukrainian leader: “You’re not really in a good position right now.”

At one point, Trump said: “You either make a deal or we are out.”

Washington Post: “The remarkable encounter — which was cordial at times, heated at others — came as Trump has pressed for a swift end to the war, saying that the time has come both to stop the bloodshed and to halt what he has described as an unacceptable drain on U.S. resources.”